Harbor



S. HUMPHREY.

RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAY I5. 191s.

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SAMUEL HUMPHREY, OF INDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA.

RAIL.

Application led May 15, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HUMPHREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana Harbor, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails; and I do declai'e the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to railroad construction, and more particularly to certain new and useful improvements in rails.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a rail for railroads having improved means for preventing the car or train from leaving the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for overcoming this difficulty, which may be removably or firmly attached to a rail of the usual construction, without any special adaptation.

A still further object resides in the provision of a device of this character which will be simple, strong, durable and comparatively inexpensive in construction, efficient and reliable in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. i

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and in which similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a transverse sectional view through a track provided with rails constructed in accordance with this invention in coperative relation with a pair of the usual truck wheels of a railway car; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral l designates a rail provided with the usual head 2 connected by a web 3 with a base t, the latter being secured in the usual manner to the ties of the road-bed. The outer side of the head 2 of the rail is provided with a flange Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. il, i916.

Serial No. 97,636.

5, which extends upwardly therefrom and has its upper edge disposed in a plane above the upper edge of said head.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, an ordinary T-rail is shown, the head 6 of which is substantially square shaped in cross section, and provided with transversely extending apertures 7 near its lower edge. It is, however, to be understood that the exact configuration of the head G is immaterial so long as its outer side is substantially flat or shaped to engage the Hat portion arranged on the inner side of a detachable flange S, said flat portion being arranged in abutting relation to the flat side of the head 6. This detachable flange 8 projects upwardly and has its upper edge disposed in a plane above the upper edge of the head G to provide the same general structure in cross section as that shown by the simpler form shown in Fig. l of the drawings. The ilange 8 is provided with apertures 9 near its lower edge, said apertures 9 being alined with the apertures 7 in the head 6 of the rail and receiving therein suitable clamping elements in the form of ordinary bolts 10, whereby said flange 8 is firmly but removably attached tothe rail. By this construction it may be seen that the device may be used or connected with rails already in use, as may be found very convenient.

It will be obvious that any tendency of the wheels of the cars of leaving a track composed of rails constructed in accordance with this invention will be counteracted, as the outer edges of the treads of the wheels will bear or tend to bear against the inner sides of the flanges 8, thus preventing the wheel flanges from mounting the rail.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood without a more extended explanation.

As various changes -in form', proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention, I do not wish to be limited lto the construction herein shown and described other than that set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

rl`he combination with a l"rail provided with the usual head having a substantially flat outer side, of a flange having a flat portion on one of its sides arranged in abutting relation' to the flat Side of the head of Said In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set rail, said flange projeotlng upwardly and my hand in presence of two subscribing having its upper' edge disposed` in a plane Witnesses.

above the upper edge of said head, andA SAMUEL HUMPHREY. clamping elements extending through said- Witnesses:

flange :1ndy head of said rail for removably W. J. MURRAY,

attaching the same to the latter. J. JENSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing' the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

